Hunger Strike  

Pramod Kumar Mishra, well known as PK Mishra has been appointed as the new principal secretary to PM Modi. Also, in another move, former Cabinet secretary PK Sinha has been appointed as the principal advisor to the Prime Minister. Ahead of TDP's 'Chalo Atmakur' protest, the Jagan Mohan Reddy government has kept TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and his son Nara Lokesh under house arrest in Andhra Pradesh. Naidu had called for 12-hour hunger strike across the state. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the daily wrap up of news from across the country.

Ahead of TDP's warning of 'Chalo Atmakur' protest, the Jagan Mohan Reddy government has kept TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and his son Nara Lokesh under house arrest in Andhra Pradesh. Naidu had called for 12-hour hunger strike across the state.
 

The Kerala Student Union (KSU) has called off their eight-day hunger strike. The KSU was on an indefinite strike seeking investigation into the stabbing of a Thiruvananthapuram University college student.
 

 A group of Kerala priests staged a hunger strike, seeking action against cardinal George Alencherry on Thursday. The priests stated that cardinal George Alencherry was accused in 14 cases and must not be allowed to continue to be in charge of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese.

 Kerala priests staged a hunger strike demanding that cardinal George Alencherry not be allowed to continue as in-charge of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese. Alencherry was removed from the post after allegations of him being involved in a land scam case surfaced. 

BJP MLA Suresh Kumar, who was supposed to hold a hunger strike in protest against the non-announcement of interview date for Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) aspirants of 2015 batch, has called it off
 

Sanitary workers who risked their lives working at the Kozhikode Medical Hospital in Kerala during the Nipah outbreak last year have started a hunger strike, seeking job permanency.   
 

The undertrials, Kalidasan, Unnikrishnan and Ibrahim, started the hunger strike demanding adequate water for the needs in the jail.  The three prisoners were lodged in the jail for suspected links with Maoists.

 

Irom Sharmila, known as the ‘Iron Lady’ of Manipur for her 16-year hunger strike, gave birth to twin girls on Mother’s Day (May 12) in Bengaluru
 

Almost 80 successful SSC candidates have fallen ill while on hunger strike, asking for jobs promised to them. Pregnant protesters have reportedly suffered miscarriages. But while mediapersons celebrated pre-Holi bash at the venue of the protest, the Kolkata Press Club, police have threatened the young protesters with forcible eviction.

The Congress leaders demanded that their coalition partner JD(S) field other candidates from Mandya and not to give priority to Nikhil Kumaraswamy just because he is the son of the chief minister.

The endosulfan victims, who had been carrying out a hunger strike in front of the secretariat for the last four days, ended the protest after an hour-long discussion with chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
 

Kerala health minister KK Shailaja criticised endosulfan victim for protesting with their children. Rs 50 crore was granted as compensation for the victims, but no money has allegedly made it to the hands of the victims.
 

As the Sabarimala temple closed, the opposition BJP ended its 49-day-long hunger strike staged in front of the secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram. 

The BJP is planning to end their hunger strike after the Sabarimala shrine closes this season, media reports state. The Ayyappa devotees can have darshan till January 19 at Sabarimala. The shrine will reopen on February 12 for the monthly puja in Kumbam Masam (February to March).